At 9:26 p.m., Friday, a woman contracted deputies parked at the Valero gas mart in Prunedale. She said a vehicle was stuck in a ditch at Prundale Road North and San Miguel Canyon Road. Deputies drove to the scene and found Nieto talking on a cell phone in the direct path of traffic. Deputies said Nieto ignored an order to get out of the street, then turned and ran. A foot chase ensued. Deputies found him hiding behind a retaining wall. They drew their guns but Nieto kept running.

He threw his phone and truck keys at one officer but they fell short of the intended target. The chase continued until Nieto fell a few times. One deputy saw a gun and holster thrown. Nieto resisted arrest but was eventually handcuffed. He was found with a methamphetamine pipe. A search of his black 2004 Chevrolet Silverado pickup turned up a scale, packaging material, cell phone, computer and "human ashes," the news release said. No other details were available Sunday.

Unlicensed electrician working on Central Coast

Contractors State License Board investigators have determined substandard, dangerous electrical work performed by an unlicensed individual, Danny Jess Langley, of Langley Construction, who operates throughout the Central Coast region, may have put his customers at risk and are asking them to contact authorities.

Langley was contacted at a Carmel Valley job site last year by local law enforcement authorities and the state license board's Statewide Investigative Fraud Team.

Subsequent review of Langley's work by an industry expert determined the electrical work was not performed to state codes and presented a fire hazard.

Langley uses the state contractor license number 657400, which was never issued to him, and is believed to still be working on the Central Coast.

He also asks unsuspecting consumers to pull owner-builder construction permits from local building departments since he is unable to as an unlicensed individual.

Langley faces multiple felony counts at a trial set in Monterey County next month.

Anyone who has worked with or hired Langley for any type of construction is urged to contact CSLB's Monterey SWIFT office at 831-620-1374 or Fresno SWIFT office at 559-490-0580.

If Langley has performed work on your property, CSLB encourages you to have it inspected by a qualified building inspector.

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